Abstract: Rest to rest movement of a crane’s swinging load, at the bottom end of a cable, by moving a speed-limited gantry trolley at the top, involves resolving the apparently conflicting demands of ...

Abstract: The problem of controlling the position and vibration of open-chain flexible structures undergoing fast maneuvers is of wide interest. In this work, the general flexible structure is actuated ...

Abstract: This paper presents a new, robust, time-optimal control strategy for flexible manipulators controlled by acceleration-limited actuators. The strategy is designed by combining the well-known, open-loop, ...